Registered Nursing Associate
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a 6-month secondment for a Band 4 Nursing Associate to join the Urgent Community Response and Virtual Frailty Ward Service at St Mark's Hospital. The role involves supporting patients in their homes and care homes to prevent hospital admissions, working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. You will undertake clinical assessments, observations, and interventions, delivering individualised care plans. The position requires working 37.5 hours per week on a 7-day rota, including weekends and bank holidays.
Key responsibilities
- Undertake delegated clinical assessments, observations and interventions for patients accepted onto the Urgent Community Response and Virtual Frailty Ward pathways.
- Support the delivery of individualised care plans, including monitoring, rehabilitation, health promotion and therapeutic interventions.
- Recognise changes in a patient's condition and escalate concerns promptly to registered clinicians or emergency services when required.
- Complete clinical skills within agreed scope of practice and assessed competence, including observations, venepuncture, wound care and other delegated interventions where trained and authorised.
- Maintain accurate, contemporaneous clinical records using RiO, Adastra and other approved clinical systems.
- Work collaboratively with nurses, therapists, paramedics, doctors, pharmacists, care homes, GPs, social care colleagues and voluntary sector partners.
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered Nursing Associate.
- Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification
- Demonstrable experience of delivering personal care and a range of related procedures, some of which may be non-routine, using safe evidence-based techniques and maintaining dignity and respect at all times.
- Demonstrable previous experience delivering delegated clinical care to patients or clients in a healthcare setting, for example blood pressure, venepuncture or urinalysis.
- Experience of working in a care role in an inpatient or community setting
- Knowledge of care and related procedures gained through experience or short courses
- Proficient IT skills, with the ability to input, save and retrieve information using a range of systems.
- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues in a variety of roles and seniorities, and with patients where there may be barriers to understanding or engagement.
- Ability to travel between multiple Trust sites and non-Trust locations, including patient homes, some of which may not be easily accessible by public transport.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £29,812 – £32,715 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Registered Nursing Associate
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
Are you a compassionate and motivated Nursing Associate looking for an exciting opportunity to develop your skills in a high-performing, supportive community team?We have a fantastic opportunity for a Band 4 Nursing Associate to join the Urgent Community Response and Virtual Frailty Ward Service based at St Mark's Hospital
This is a 6monthssecondment until 31 March 2027. Applicants should discuss this opportunity with their line manager and obtain approval before applying. There may be potential for this role to become permanent in the future, subject to service requirements and organisational approval.
You will work alongside nurses, therapists, paramedics,doctorsand pharmacists, supporting people in their own homes and care homes who require urgent assessment,monitoring and short-term interventions to help prevent unnecessary hospital admissionWe are looking for a caring,organisedand proactive Nursing Associate who is committed to high-quality, person-centred care and enjoys working as part of a multidisciplinary team.This is a full-time role of 37.5 hours per week, covering a 7-day rota between 8am and 8pm, including weekends and bank holidays.
The role is based at St Marks Hospital, Maidenhead, with free staff parking available on site.
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